---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the crime of aggravated strangulation"
description: "Establishes the crime of aggravated strangulation for police officers or peace officers where such officer commits the crime of criminal obstruction or breathing or blood circulation, or uses a chokehold or similar restraint, and causes serious physical injury or death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6144"
citation: "New York A 6144 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MOSLEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f557ba-1500-4c26-9ee0-31648332142e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6144"
source_hash: "24c605bd1b4f92a4eb4fbc5a8dc137abecea512172e172e97d7558ec95cb1835"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 6144 (2019-2020) — Establishes the crime of aggravated strangulation

Establishes the crime of aggravated strangulation for police officers or peace officers where such officer commits the crime of criminal obstruction or breathing or blood circulation, or uses a chokehold or similar restraint, and causes serious physical injury or death.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6144&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A6144A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6144A)
3. **A6144B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6144B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MOSLEY — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HEASTIE — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- PRETLOW — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-23** PRINT NUMBER 6144A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 6144B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED
- **2020-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.62
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.62
- **2020-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6670B
- **2020-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.693
- **2020-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-12** SIGNED CHAP.94 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-12** APPROVAL MEMO.1

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f557ba-1500-4c26-9ee0-31648332142e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).